- Date
- January 21, 1973
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3178DCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730121001329A
- Case key
- 170078
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0219 73/1/21 GILLETTE,WYO CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 508 TIME - 0930 N3178D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILLETTE,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3178D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3178D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA23FA252Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportHarrisburg, PAThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent collision with terrain and objects.NTSB DEN68D0164Accident · No injuriesClosedCasper, WYNTSB DEN66D0124Accident · No injuriesClosedMedicine Bow, WY